OCS assists Hawaii’s low-income, immigrant and refugee populations to overcome and alleviate workforce barriers to economic self-sufficiency through an array of community-based programs and services. OCS primarily contracts and administers program services on behalf of the State and Federal governments. OCS allocates funds using a competitive purchase of services process unless the funding source authority directs award to a specific organization(s).

Grants-in-Aid (GIAs) included in the 2016 Budget

The Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 (Act 119, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015) designated DLIR/OCS as the Expending Agency for five (5) Capital and ten (10) Operating GIAs, valued at more than $2.5 million: